This book covers the basics of the middle-of-the-road swing and bebop-era jazz guitar style. Includes traditional tunes, exercises, and original pieces by seasoned jazz instructor and author Alan de Mause, plus online audio with 16 tracks that parallel the book's content. Written in standard notation and tablature, this modest 24-page book is particularly strong in introducing jazz rhythms and phrasing. The author addresses accents, guitar technique, and the concepts of swing, form, dynamics, and improvisation in an easily understood fashion. Frequent, elaborate performance notes and the recorded examples make this book/online audio set of particular interest to the beginning jazz guitarist. Includes access to online audio.

     Frankie and Johnny

Jazz Lab: Emphasizing the on beat twice per measure

Frankie and Johnny Anticipate Good Times

           Jazz Lab: Anticipation

 

Frankie and Johnny Accent as They Please

          Jazz Lab: Anticipation + off-beat accents

 Your Turn

Jazz Lab: Anticipation+ on and off-beat accents

 

      Slipping and Sliding

Jazz Lab: Hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides

 

The Larger Expression

Jazz Lab: Phrasing, crescendo and decrescendo

 Swing Feel

Jazz Lab: Swing feel

 

  How am I Doing Blues

Jazz Lab: On-beats, off-beats, accents, anticipation, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides

  

  AABA

 Jazz Lab: Identifying the form of a tune

 I Am Here, Are You There Jazz Lab: Call and  response

 Amazing Gracie

 Jazz Lab: Solo+improvisation based on harmony of underlying chords

 

 Little Jazz Melodies

 Jazz Lab: Modular improvisation

Waltz That

Jazz Lab: Preparation for jazz waltz style

 

Waltz This Swing

Jazz Lab: Jazz waltz/eel

 

Falling for Make Believe Jazz Lab:  Jazz waltz/eel

   Hello I Must Be Going

Jazz Lab: Introductions, endings and tags

 Note Review in the First Position Jazz Lab: Sharps and flats review

 

Rhythm Review of the First Position

Jazz Lab: Quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes. whole notes and ties

 

  Rhythm Review Continued

Jazz Lab: Eighth notes, tied eighth notes, triplets and  rests